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Bach Perspectives 11
J. S. Bach and His Sons
Web Companion 5: Schloss Sanssouci (pp. 41–43; Tables 1 and 9, pp. 75, 82)
Yesterday
His Majesty the King moved into his exceedingly magnificent Summer Palace,
Sanssouci, near Potsdam, entirely newly built, and partook there of a banquet
for 200 persons, whereupon a concert was given by the royal orchestra towards
evening.
—Spenerische Zeitung, May 2, 1747
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5.1 (pp. 41–43; Table 9, p. 82): Concert-Zimmer
(music salon), room 3, in the apartments of Frederick II, with Silbermann piano
and the king's music stand (p. 38) by Kambly. Courtesy of Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg / Photo: Leo Seidel. For
the room's location, see the floor plan, 5.2.
Displayed in a glass vitrine atop
the piano is a flute made for the king by Johann Joachim Quantz (ca. 1750). Visible
in the background is Antoine Pesne's Vertumnus
and Pomona (depicting a scene from Ovid's Metamorphoses) and (upper right) a supraporte depicting Sanssouci palace and its terraced vineyard.
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5.2 (pp. 41–43): Schloss
Sanssouci, Potsdam, ground level. Floor plan, Georg Wenzeslaus von
Knobelsdorff, 1744. Frederick II's summer apartments (rooms 2–5), facing
the Sanssouci garden, were first habited by him on May 1, 1747. Room numbers
follow Nicolai (1786, 3: 1213–17).
Room 1
(center): The Marmoner Saal (marble salon) doubled as a dining space (room A,
1782 inventory)
Room 2
(left): The Vorzimmer, also Vorkammer/Audienzzimmer (antechamber), was a small audience
chamber abutting the music salon (see 5.3 and pp. 43, 68)
Room 3 (left): Concert-Zimmer (music
salon) (see 5.1 and pp. 41–43)
Room 4 (left): Schlafzimmer (bedroom)
Room 5 (left): Bibliothek (library)
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5.3a. View toward the entrance to the king's music salon. Photo: Mary Oleskiewicz, 2004.
5.3b. View toward the fireplace. Photo: Mary Oleskiewicz, 2004.
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5.3 (p. 43): Vorzimmer (antechamber), room 2, Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam.
Royal chamber musicians and visitors waited here to be admitted to the king's
concerts (pp. 43, 68). For the room's location, see the floor plan, 5.2.
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